(CEDAR CITY, Utah) - Southern Utah University gymnastics will host its home opener on Friday night when the Thunderbirds welcome the Utah State Aggies to the Centrum Arena at 7:00 p.m.

SUU will enter the meet having finished fourth at the University of Utah last Saturday night, recording a team score of 192.025 that included 11 falls. The majority of the miscues, eight, came from first-time competitors for the Flippin’ Birds in what is being chalked up as jitters in their first collegiate meet.

“Utah is a tough environment to have your first meet,” head coach Scott Bauman said. “It will be good to be back at home this weekend and we expect the girls to come out and hit their routines.”

Fans can follow the meet via live stat and live video links that will be online at www.suutbirds.com. Tickets are available by calling 435-586-7872 or by going online at www.tbirdtickets.com.

Southern Utah and Utah State met in the 2013 WAC Championships in Cedar City where the Thunderbirds finished fifth with a 194.925 and the Aggies finished fourth with a 195.100.

Utah State opened its 2014 campaign with a win at the University of Iowa 191.750 - 191.650. The Hawkeyes had finished the meet with a 191.950, but a failed video review cost the home side three-tenths and the victory.

Utah State’s first-year head coach Nadalie Walsh will make a return trip to the Centrum Arena, having made the trip to Cedar City in 2013 as the head coach of Ball State. The Cardinals finished with a 193.575, putting them fourth in the quad meet behind SUU (196.200), Iowa (195.025) and San Jose State (194.250).

(CEDAR CITY, Utah) - Southern Utah University gymnastics will host its home opener on Friday night when the Thunderbirds welcome the Utah State Aggies to the Centrum Arena at 7:00 p.m.

SUU will enter the meet having finished fourth at the University of Utah last Saturday night, recording a team score of 192.025 that included 11 falls. The majority of the miscues, eight, came from first-time competitors for the Flippin’ Birds in what is being chalked up as jitters in their first collegiate meet.

“Utah is a tough environment to have your first meet,” head coach Scott Bauman said. “It will be good to be back at home this weekend and we expect the girls to come out and hit their routines.”

Fans can follow the meet via live stat and live video links that will be online at www.suutbirds.com. Tickets are available by calling 435-586-7872 or by going online at www.tbirdtickets.com.

Southern Utah and Utah State met in the 2013 WAC Championships in Cedar City where the Thunderbirds finished fifth with a 194.925 and the Aggies finished fourth with a 195.100.

Utah State opened its 2014 campaign with a win at the University of Iowa 191.750 - 191.650. The Hawkeyes had finished the meet with a 191.950, but a failed video review cost the home side three-tenths and the victory.

Utah State’s first-year head coach Nadalie Walsh will make a return trip to the Centrum Arena, having made the trip to Cedar City in 2013 as the head coach of Ball State. The Cardinals finished with a 193.575, putting them fourth in the quad meet behind SUU (196.200), Iowa (195.025) and San Jose State (194.250).